There are not many blogs out there dedicated to cooking on a pellet smoker. I have been cooking, grilling & smoking over 35 yrs now. I recently bought a Traeger Lil Tex Elite pellet smoker & have cooked on it over six yrs. now. I would like to share recipes & info I have gained from cooking on it.
Update 2014: I have plenty of recipes here for the pellet smoker so I am now including other outdoor cooking and some of my indoor cooking too.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Meatloaf, Mashed W/Gravy & Corn Pudding

It was a nice sunny day getting up to 63 deg. With the
blustery winds it didn't seem quite that warm. Even though; it was a great day
to be out and cooking supper on my smoker.

I had a smoked meatloaf, yellow mashed potatoes, and corn
pudding. The meatloaf I just made up the recipe.

1 pound ground chuck

1 fresh bratwurst

1 onion chopped fine

1 teaspoon garlic flakes

salt and pepper to taste

1/3 cup Heinz chili sauce

1/3 cup ½ & ½ cream

2 eggs

about a cup of crushed cracker crumbs

Some bacon for topping

I made up the meatloaf early and in the fridge until 5:00 PM.
The bacon was some I had left and was thick so I knew it would not be eaten but
helped keep the meatloaf moist and gave some flavor. For my pellet smoker my
meatloaves are on the wet side so they stay nice and moist.

After I got the meatloaf all mixed up I pealed and cut up the
potatoes. I boiled them about 20 minutes in salted water then drained in a
collander. I set the collander back on the cooking pan and covered with a towel
to let the potatoes steam and drain. I returned them to the pan with 6 pats of
butter, ½ stick and mashed them by hand then added 2 tablespoons of sour cream
and mashed it in. I use the potato masher to whip the potatoes some. I like my
mashed potatoes nice and thick; not light and fluffy! After they cooled some
they went in the fridge; I heated up individual servings at supper time in the
micro wave.

I got the meatloaf on my Traeger at 200 deg. for a half hour
then eased it up to 300-310 deg. grill level for and hour. After I got the
meatloaf on I made up the corn pudding and in the oven at 350 deg. for 45
minutes. I made some Pioneer Country Gravy just when the meatloaf was done at
162 deg. IT. It sat and rested a while while I nuked the mashed potatoes and
served the daughter and wife.

We all thought it was a good supper, I got a little too much
onion in the meatloaf for the wife but I liked it that way. I had bread
leftover from monday for some bread and butter. Another addition that would be
good in the meatloaf would be some chopped green chilies.

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I started cooking when our children were in highschool & my wife worked.I was layed off during the summer & just kinda took over the kitchen & my wife does most all the cleanup. We are both retired now. I am a recipe hound, love to try new things. I suppose my cooking methods have evolved from Mid West Ohio, Southern, Soul, Cajun, Creole, & German, all of which I love.